Redding champ headed to Scripps National Spelling Bee

C.B. Goodwin, winner of the Record Searchlight Regional Spelling Bee, is heading to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

C.B. Goodwin, 14, is an A-student at Boulder Creek School in Redding with a knack for shooting baskets and fielding baseballs. He's heading to Washington, D.C., to represent the north state at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. That's something he wasn't expecting.